offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
thrifty; frugal; economical
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
closing time; lockup; curfew
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
form; situation; condition
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
detached; aloof; indifferent
interference; intervention; meddling
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
corridor; hallway; passageway
pre-war days; before the war
student; student who performs housework in exchange for meals and lodging; houseboy (attending school or university)
everywhere; all over; throughout
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
something; some kind of; for some reason
aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut
dwelling; house; residence; address
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
book; volume; this; present; main; head
originally; by nature; from the start
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
one's possessions; ownership